CATEGORY: Stuff in the ‘dementia’ Category
News Flashes about Menopause, Metabolic Syndrome, Dementia and Cancer!
Menopause is tied to a higher rate of depression and anxiety, in conjunction with insomnia. There is a lot of New Medical Information that is important for patients to make healthy decisions about their care or the care of their[...]
If you have a big belly, you may be at risk for Alzheimer’s
If you are thinking that you will just wait for “something to happen”, then not making a decision to change your lifestyle is making a decision to take on illness in the future. That is a strong statement, however I[...]
Dementia – How to avoid this end to your life.
What causes dementia and what increases your risk of getting dementia? At a get together of friends, I was pulled aside by a good friend who asked me how she could prevent dementia, because the mother she loves is in[...]
Dementia Is Delayed Or Prevented By Replacing Your Estradiol
At menopause blood levels of estradiol (E2) decrease to nearly zero. I have always told women who are menopausal that giving Estrogen to them after menopause lower’s their risk of Alzheimer’s, decreases their insulin resistance and helps decrease belly fat. [...]
New Information about Early Alzheimer’s Detection
Doctors are excited to have a new tool that may help them detect and treat Alzheimer's. Doctors have begun to discover a breakthrough in being able to determine if you are one of those people who are likely to develop[...]
Anti-Aging Medicine Addresses Senescence and Reverses Osteoporosis
Discussion of individual drugs researched and approved by the FDA for the purpose of treating the specific diseases of aging. This week’s conversation was stimulated by an article in January’s Endocrine News written by Sundeep Khosla, MD. The author of[...]
Skinny Fat – Are You Losing Your Mind?
Do you fear you will lose your capacity to think quickly, and to remember the facts that have been important to you personally and professionally? One of my greatest fears is that as I age I will lose my capacity[...]
How to Become a Superager – Comments on an Article in the New York Times
Can we fight off the typical mental deterioration of aging? A recently published article discussing the idea of being able to fight off the typical mental deterioration of aging, caught our eye. We will discuss the concepts presented in the[...]
Proactive Responsibility for Health Care Decisions
Dr. Kathy Maupin and Brett Newcomb discuss the different viewpoints surrounding personal responsibility and proactive planning when it comes to symptoms of aging. Are these problems inevitable or can they be addressed and reversed? This week, Brett Newcomb and I[...]
Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s
With Age comes Cognitive Impairment. Download the transcription of this podcast. In our review of specific differentiations between memory loss, cognitive impairment, dementia and Alzheimer's, Brett Newcomb and I discuss how some symptoms are more noticeable than others. Determining the[...]